THE HISTORY

OF CRICKET
THE HISTORY OF
CRICKET The sport of cricket has a known
history, beginning in the 16th
century. The game originated in
England, among shepherds using
their crooks as bats, and the
earliest wickets may well have
been narrow sheep pens. The
earliest men’s games that were
officially recorded (from law court
records) were played in southeast
England in the 1550s. Initially a
single wicket was used, as it still is
in ancient games like stoolball
that continue to be played in
southern England.
 ORIGIN OF
CRICKET
The poet John Skelton describes immigrants
from Flanders living in southern England
playing creckette. This transformed into
Crickett (1598) in a coroner’s account of teenage
games in Guildford. All this sounds probable to
describe the origin of the word ‘cricket’. The
game itself evolved from a variety of folk
hitabouts played in villages on both sides of the
Channel, each with its own local idiosyncrasies.
Confined the early versions of cricket to the
forests and Downlands of south east England–in
West Sussex and the Weald of Kent.
The History of Hambledon Cricket
Club Although historical evidence suggests that
the game was first played in the Weald
around Kent and Sussex, it is the Hambeldon
Cricket Club of Hampshire that is generally
perceived as cricket’s spiritual home. The
birthplace of modern competitive or
professional cricket to be the Hambledon
Club in Hampshire. The world’s first cricket
club was established in Hambledon in the
1760s. Some of that club’s members formed
the White Conduit Club in London in the
mid- 1780s and this then changed its name
over time to become The Marylebone
Cricket Club (MCC).
The History of Cricket in the United
States
In the history of cricket, the first ever
international cricket match played
between the US and Canada in
September 1844 in Bloomingdale Park,
Manhattan. The game was actually
between two clubs, but then again, of
course, so was the America’s Cup. The
game was proclaimed as the United
States of America versus the British
Empire’s Canadian Province, even if the
players were mostly from the St George’s
Club of New York and The Toronto
Cricket Club. Around 50000 crowds
showed up to watch this match.
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